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Spacey and Hunt create interestingly layered characters who are hiding parts of themselves from themselves. And come Oscar time, Osment once again may be saying, 'I see tuxedoed people.'
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Pay It Forward
When someone does you a big favor, don't pay it back...
2000 · 2h 2m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Mimi Leder
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Pay It Forward
Overview
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
39%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Less a worthy achievement than a nice try.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
With its smorgasbord of moralizings, Pay It Forward is a confusing welter of sentiment.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
Not since Gump has there been such a pandering, faux-virtuous package of populist pap for Hollywood to shove in the faces of electioneering politicos and say: Look, we don't just market unwholesome swill to families, we market wholesome swill, too.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Has to be the most oppressive 'feel good' picture in movie history.
Paul Tatara, CNN.com
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